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FIND YOUR GALAXY

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WHAT'S NOXHEGALACTICA?

Elevating each other through community

The mission of the podcast

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POETAS

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The power of storytelling

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FIND YOUR GALAXY @NOXHEGALACTICA

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ELEVATE EACH OTHER." FIND YOUR GALAXY Elevating Community

Find Your Galaxy: Each of us is a star, lost in the universe.

As we move through this universe and struggle, we find people who have the keys that we’re missing. We each have something that we’ve already conquered, and are now able to share with others. Through building a community with people who bring their own unique keys, we combine these different skill sets and elevate everyone who participates. Each of us can shine in our own way, but if we come together and find others who will shine with us--imagine how much more light we would create.

NOXHE GALACTICA PODCAST

NOXHEGALACTICA Podcast

Noxhegalactica is the embodiment of the honesty and

reflection that we experience in the deepest part of the night, under a canopy of boundless space and stars. These moments cause us to stop and reflect, but when we do it with others around us, we create something more. We record conversations that build a sense of intimacy between the participants and the listeners, no matter the direction that they go in. .The stories we reveal to one another are often unexpected, whether because they are so different from what we thought we would hear, or shockingly similar to our own history. The act of telling our own truths allows us to hear our own past, and come upon realizations that have been previously hidden. Noxhegalactica invites us all--host, guest, and listener--to reveal our struggles and build the community we never thought we would have.

POETAS THE POWER OF STORYTELLING

POETA

GALACTICO

CREATOR CHRISTIAN

Everyone has an alter ego. I'm Poeta

media because of my undocumented

Galactico. Growing up in Michoacan,

status in the U.S. eventually, I developed

Mexico I was very shy and not very

myself under that identity. I navigated

social. I would always isolate myself

my teens and early adulthood years

from friends and family. When I arrived

knowing I was unique. I named myself

in Oakland, California in 1999 at the

Poeta Galactico because I consider

age of ten as an undocumented child,

myself a poet and my way of thinking is

I started to see a different side of me

sometimes out of this world. I found my

and a different side of the world. I

galaxy by tapping into my inner self and

began to create my own space

creating what I believe in. I continue to

without even knowing it. I thought I

pursue the meaning of life by giving life

had come from a different planet

to ideas that keep me up at night. I am

since I was always referred to as an

a firm believer that when things align

illegal alien in the

magical things happen.

IF YOU CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT, THERE’S A BRIGHTER DAY TUPAC SHAKUR

POETA BABY HUSTLE

HUSTLER ANA Call me la Baby Hustle. I grew up in the

exhausted but she would still manage to

dope city of Oakland California where the put a smile on her face to sugar coat our “ youngstas get hyphy!�. Growing up in

struggles. I decided to work at the age of 14

Oakland was never easy for me as a

and I have been hustling ever since. I have

female of color. I am expected to fail, to

had multiple job occupations but the one

be a teen mom, to be married, to be

job that has changed my life is barbering.

uneducated, to be poor, to be what I

Being a barber is for men only but since I

don't want to be. But I outgrew the

am a rebel I decided to challenge myself

expectations society had on me because

and become one. I have experienced

I am a rebel and I'm constantly hungry

multiple situations while being a female

for change and development. My

barber that has made me uncomfortable

motivation for this hunger was always my

but God has helped me endure them all

living situation. You see I grew up with a

and grow into a better version of myself.

single mother at home being the

Therefore, I conclude that I am a rose

breadwinner. There were times I would

grown from concrete. And I will keep

see my mother come home from work

creating something out of nothing.

THE SEED MUST GROW REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT IT’S PLANTED IN STONE TUPAC SHAKUR

POETA SINNOMBRE

ACTIVATOR FRANCISCO No fight equals no victory. I'm Poetasinombre, born in the state of Michoacรกn, Mexico. I have been a person of few words but I'm very enterprising. My parents brought me to the USA in 1999 at the age of 17 in search of a better future.

When I arrived in America the main thing for me was to work and be able to get ahead in life. I felt pressure to do so fast since we were immigrants. We lived in the shadows of a strange country called the USA. At 20 years of age, I was fortunate to have a son. My life changed radically I knew that my world, environment and everything around me had to change. During that time I began to knock on doors that never really opened for me.

I realized that there is no family or friends when I hit rock bottom. I was there several times, but I knew that the stronger the blow the bigger my outcome would be. Now I live in my galaxy, I am on my journey for a better future for my son and myself. I want to be an example for more people who live in the shadows of fear. Sometimes to surrender does not mean you lost the fight. I continue to be activated and not settle to live in the shadows. You only die once, but live forever.

TEMAMOS A LA HISTORIA QUE HA DE PRESENTAR AL MUNDO EL CUADRO DE NUESTRAS ACCIONES JOSE MARIA MORELOS

POETA

ESIDE

NAVIGATOR SUSANA The sun rises in the East, bringing with it

The desire to express myself and

a new day. I take a lot of pride in my

appreciate life came in the birth of my

Poeta E-Side is a lateral persona that

son, Adan. I felt a renewed self emerge

pays homage to my experience of living

by creating and fulfilling actionable

in East Oakland. I have had the privilege

goals. I rediscovered my love of learning

of residing in one of the most diverse

and decided to work in education to

populations in the entire country.

make a positive impact in the

However, living in the States as an

community where I grew up.

undocumented student, I was denied

Navigating as an immigrant, I see my

many opportunities based on my status

mission is to support others journey to

instead of recognizing my achievements.

increase their quality of life. I believe we

A sense of disappointment and futility

must maintain a flexible mindset to

misaligned my priorities, leading me to

promote creative solutions and

focus on money over personal growth.Â

enhance our growth mindset as we traverse the unknown.

VOYAGER, THERE ARE NO BRIDGES, ONE BUILDS THEM AS ONE WALKS GLORIA ANZALDÚA

POETA SOUTH CENTRAL

STRATEGIST JAVIER I was born and raised in South Central

however, this darkness has a distinct

Los Angeles. Adjacent to the privilege

beauty that is hard to comprehend

at USC while a stone throws away

unless you have experienced it.The

from those in the struggle. I am a son

darkness molds you, guides you,

of an immigrant, a brother of a fallen

leads you, and ultimately becomes

angel, friend of those dead and

you, but one threads lightly as this

forgotten, a sinner in the eyes of the

darkness can also take you. South

all mighty beholder. I am a product of

Central has impacted my life in

the environment, but fortunately not

many ways, described by both

a statistic. Raised in the land of the

trauma and happiness, my

gang bang has this peculiar darkness

experience tells an ongoing story, an

associated with it,

evolution of life through change and resilience.

PREFIERO MORIR DE PIE QUE VIVIR SIEMPRE ARRODILLADO EMILIANO ZAPATA

POETA MAR Y SOL

ALCHEMIST KIBOS I am poeta Mar y Sol. Mother earth is

marriage of individuals across

my teacher. The sun and the water

different cultures and races. While

nourish the rio abajo rio. My journey

things seemed rather simple as a

has been less about becoming and

child, the world I had known

more about undoing the layers that

became very difficult to understand

had silenced my soul for too long. I

in adulthood. The psychic weight of

was born in New York City, daughter of

having given my power away to a

a Korean immigrant mother and

belief system that kept me in a box

Californian father. A large part of my

took its toll. I had a rude awakening

identity was navigating society as a

at 30 that was the catalyst of much

child of Unificationist parents, also

of the undoing I referred to earlier. I

E known M I L I as O the ZA PATA Moonies.

I grew up with EMILIO ZAPATA an incredible tribe of families who EMILIO ZAPATA shared E aMfaith I L Ithat O sought Z A P AtoTbring A about world peace through the

understand now that the power was always within me. And in the words of Lauryn, “I made up my mind, to define my own destiny".

PATIENCE AND THE MULBERRY LEAF BECOME A SILK GOWN CHINESE PREVERB

POETA

MAPACHE

MOTIVATOR ALEX Most know me as Alex and some have

I took up every opportunity to make

the pleasure know me as Poeta

myself known and set apart from

Mapache. I was proudly born and

everyone. This made me chose my

raised in Oakland, California a son to

name Poeta Mapache, Though no

two immigrant parents. Growing up

matter what hard times and how far

was never easy but always a new

from home you maybe there is

challenge to overcome. School was

always a way back and

not my thing even though I could

opportunities to take a step forward.

keep a 3.0 GPA or above. Loner was a

You just need to be willing to step

title I had for most of my young days

off a pedestal and get dirty

until I made it to High school. It was

sometimes.

there that I learned life has many surprises for you.

WHEN YOU CAN’T RUN, YOU CRAWL. AND WHEN YOU CAN’T CRAWL, YOU FIND SOMEONE TO CARRY YOU MAL

POETA LA LEONA

HEALER SARA I'm straight out of Oakland. There's no

I find joy finding power in

other way to this life but to grind the

community and connecting with

hard times out. I live my life to the

people who balance out my

fullest and continue to grow and

energy,Living in the town is not

thrive as a wife and a mother. Life will

easy, but I believe that if you can

through you a lot of curveballs and

make it in Oakland you can make it

daggers to try to stop your energy and

anywhere in the world. It takes a

journey. You have to keep bouncing

special human to endure the hits of

back and find the spaces to self-love

the town. I'm a barber and a healer

and heal yourself to continue the

de almas by day. I take pride in my

fight. Love needs to be the center of

craft because it is my legacy, it's my

all to engage, create and find

form of art.

meaning. Power comes in many forms, but

LOVE THE LIFE YOU LIVE. LIVE THE LIFE YOU LOVE. BOB MARLEY

P O E T A GHETTOSUN

PROFESSOR PORTER Ghettosun combines where I come

my writing for sustenance instead

from with my outlook on life. The sun

of depending on a job. I am

represents enlightenment and I use

reawakening myself to the truth.

my art to spread knowledge where it

And the truth is that my purpose in

is needed the most—which would be

this world is to enlighten as many

the ghetto. The way that I want to use

people as I can with my voice. It

my craft has stayed the same since

isn’t to work for a company until I

high school but the way that I view

retire. Sometimes the comfort of a

the world has changed drastically. As

regular paycheck is bad for the

of this very moment I am looking for

soul.

ways that I can depend on

EVEN WHEN YOU PRAY, THE NEXT DAY YOU GOTTA TRY CAN'T WAIT FOR NOBODY TO COME DOWN OUT THE SKY CEELO GREEN

P O E T A CREATIVA

INNOVATOR CHELA Soy latina, soy “Fem” yo soy identidad y

The worry of fitting in disappeared; or

expresión. I am the daughter of Mexican

so I thought it did. Coming out

immigrants whose values derived from

became a part of my tradition &

tradition and religion. Growing up Catholic

culture and not necessarily by choice.

had been a struggle, trying to understand my

At first glance I am stereotyped as a

identity. I felt alone with no one to guide me

heterosexual woman. I embrace my

through the emotions and confusion I held

femininity therefore my surroundings

deep inside. I struggled with depression

automatically assume I am a “straight

throughout my life in fear of not being

woman” with possibly kids and a

accepted for who I truly was. It wasn’t until

husband. This has brought challenges

the later years that I decided to take a huge

in my personal relationships.I have

step in coming out completely to my family. I

grown to love and accept who I am,

decided to be true to myself and confess my

how the world sees me and the place I

sexual identity. This was the most rewarding

hold in it. I’ve reached the Keystone of

and liberating feeling his was the most

my true self. I’ve also accepted that

rewarding and liberating feeling yet!

this will be a continuous journey, which I ride with gay pride.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANY BETTER REPRESENTATIO N OF BEAUTY THAN SOMEONE WHO IS UNAFRAID TO BE HERSELF.” EMMA STONE

P O E T A EL SI

COACH ARELI “Sí se puede cabrona!” -But how? is the

This added depression to my check

question. I’d like to think that every

box of struggles, yet it is in the

person who told me this meant well

darkest moments when minimal light

and saw a light in me that, later in the

shines through and bright. I am the

midst of darkness, I realized I carry.

spark! Poeta El Sí is more than a

Growing up, I wasn't fortunate enough

name. It is a value, a hope, the dream.

to receive support, but I also didn’t

It is commitment. No potential should

stand out. Untapped potential is like

remain untapped. No door should

not having a spark to start the grill. Oh

remain locked. I walk through the fire

such an amazing feast you can cook

and mold a key; I am who I need for

up, but you’re missing the smallest

me.

most crucial component: a spark of fire.

No one sparked me up. My mistake was believing that someday someone would.

LOVE, LIVE LIFE, PROCEED & PROGRESS LIL WAYNE

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THANK YOU FOR HELPING GIVE LIGHT TO THE GALAXY. MAYRA - TITLE "FIND YOUR GALAXY" NATALIA - POETA NOMOREHEROES WILLIAM - POETA DEADSPACE YOLANDA - POETA GUERRERA JOI - MAGAZINE CURATION KEVIN- POETA LIL RICHIE SHAYDA - WRITTING MONICA - EDITING JOIN THE MOVEMENT @NOXHEGALACTICA

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